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  1. elbojpb

    2026 Bracketology: The Road to the Aud

    Forgetting something here?? :)
  2. elbojpb

    2026 Bracketology: The Road to the Aud

    In a scenario of Hobart v. The Field of the Other 13 .... is anyone taking The Field? and if so, why?
  3. elbojpb

    SUNYAC 25-26 The start of a new era

    If some deep-pocketed alumnus/a wants to drop a few million at a D3 school to abet that institution's athletic prowess, they're more likely to do what Kim Pegula did at Houghton, build an athletic complex which bears their name in perpetuity. When the political pendulum swings back and the...
  4. elbojpb

    SUNYAC 25-26 The start of a new era

    Considering how easy this would conceivably be in D3, (since nearly all players get $0 in theory) -- my opinion is that the optics for a wealthy donor would undoubtedly be overwhelmingly negative from anyone outside that school's orbit. (Recall the outrage from all of D3 hockey over Neumann's...
  5. elbojpb

    Utica University 2025-26 - The Road (back) To Utica

    According to TJHN, D3 schools can begin admitting former CHL players next season!? If D3 struggles to get NAHL kids, and the CHL is on par with the USHL, why would a player good enough to play in the CHL ever consider playing D3? Excerpt from the article: I've been around long enough to...
  6. elbojpb

    RPI Recruit Thread 2025-2026

    Pardon the intrusion ... but do the House settlement and NIL regulations differ for a D3 school playing up vs. a full-fledged D1 school?
  7. elbojpb

    College Football 2025

    If the bids go only to the 12 best teams in the nation, then the ~50% of D1 schools that don't play in the Big 4 conferences would file an anti-trust suit before the reveal show was off the air, and we all know how well the NCAA does against law suits. Pardon the inference, but this is simply...
  8. elbojpb

    SUNYAC 25-26 The start of a new era

    What happened to the initiative to give all NY residents free tuition at SUNY schools??
  9. elbojpb

    Oswego State Lakers 2025-26...Let's Take it up a notch.....

    With this new landscape in D1 (Univ of Maine has 24 new recruits scheduled to come in for '26-'27, and decreasing roster spots) I can see some healthy scratch or C/D line D1 kids making the move to D3 during the break, and not waiting to get shown the door next season.
  10. elbojpb

    Future D3 (and D2) hockey programs

    For those of you who keep an eye on the former ECAC-West teams that have moved onward and upward ... Lerch has an interesting article on the 4 AHA teams that have opted into the House Settlement; meaning they have to pare their rosters to 26 within 4 years, and can dole out $$$ to athletes...
  11. elbojpb

    NCAA Reform Needed

    The D3 NPI has now been published HERE. Needs a few more weeks' worth of results before it becomes meaningful. Will be interesting to see how the dominant teams from the NCHA (3 of the top 4 in the polls) fare with so little cross-region pairings.
  12. elbojpb

    Future D3 (and D2) hockey programs

    I am surmising that prolonged periods of very sub-par performance will affect that "alumni support".
  13. elbojpb

    Future D3 (and D2) hockey programs

    My suspicion is that some of these D3 schools playing D1 hockey, and smaller schools that have "recently" moved from D3 to D1 are going to experience the same crisis that caused AIC to reclassify down. 4 of the bottom 8 D1 teams in the current NPI are RPI, Mercyhurst, St Lawrence and Niagara...
  14. elbojpb

    Elmira College

    Anyone care to explain how the kid scores a goal, then gets shown the door for "persisting in misconduct" ??
  15. elbojpb

    HOBART HOCKEY 2025-2026 REIGNING THREE -PEAT D3 HOCKEY CHAMPIONS

    The extremely vocal RIT fanbase that ardently defended RIT's decision to move up hasn't been heard of on the forum for two years. Not sure what that means, and RPI's program is in the toilet.
  16. elbojpb

    Elmira College

    This season's roster edition has only 6 upper classmen. I have absolutely no prediction for success, although playing {D1} Hobart on the first weekend after exhibition games against a couple of nascent programs should give a decent clue.
  17. elbojpb

    Enter the Send Portal - 2025-2026 Transfers

    I drove down to Happy Valley to watch the game, and McKenna in particular. Soderwall was a bit shaky in the first, but gained confidence as the game proceeded. After giving up 4 (all to the same player) in 27 minutes, he became a concrete wall. He really frustrated a skilled PSU team who began...
  18. elbojpb

    CHL to NCAA Recruiting Megathread

    With all of the buzz about these CHL kids (especially McKenna) in college, travelled to Penn State to see them in action against Clarkson. McKenna is a superbly skilled skater, brilliant passer, but with much room for improvement. He certainly wasn't the best player on the ice: + Some of his...
  19. elbojpb

    25-26 Schedules

    I actually played "club" hockey at Geneseo 50 years ago prior to them fielding an NCAA team. In fact, I don't recall any seating in the arena. Just my semi-informed opinion ... Geneseo may be funded as a public institution, but from student recruitment to admission and academic standards, has...
  20. elbojpb

    25-26 Schedules

    The D3 Hockey News has a decent article on the realignment. The one issue is they listed the LEC as NOT receiving an auto-bid, then appeared as though a correction was made!? P.S. The author has an interesting take on the Public vs Private school dichotomy within the SUNYAC.
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